As some good number of people may already know, Tokyo was voted to be the 2020 Summer Olympics hosting city over the weekend. Tokyo was up against two other cities, Madrid, Spain and Istanbul, Turkey. Although all three cities had compelling and persuasive speeches, Tokyo ended up winning the majority of the votes. For the reason of winning, Olympic presidential candidate Thomas Bach stated that "This time the IOC members have decided in favor of tradition and stability." You can find more information here.
To be truthful, as much as I was happy to hear Tokyo getting picked, I was also a little surprised mainly because of two reasons. The first reason was that there already has been a Summer Olympic at Tokyo in 1964. Although there has been two or three cities that held the Summer Olympics more than once, I thought the International Olympic Committee(IOC) would prioritize picking a city where a Summer Olympic has not yet been conducted. The second reason was regarding the ongoing problem of the Fukushima power plant disaster. Some time has passed since the nuclear power plant accident but its still not completely safe. In the next 7 years, I hope Japan will take good steps to deal with the nuclear plant situation, and all other problems so that we can have a wonderful 2020 Summer Olympics.
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